HLnovel Chapter 379 Duel with the Gobi Bear
Chapter 379 Duel with the Gobi Bear
Sun Weimin has one hunting dog left.
Several hunting dogs lay scattered on the ground, their bodies stained with blood. Some were seriously wounded, others had died, and the one in the tree was lightly injured, its hind leg lame, which Old Li had hauled up and supported.
Li Ju'an checked on Lao Chen and Lao Li's injuries. One of them had suffered a severe shoulder injury, and the other had fallen onto a rocky cliff and his forehead was covered in blood. After running wildly, the two of them managed to hide in a tree.
Each of the three men was placed on a tree branch. Sun Weimin was perched high on a branch, and he had already fainted.
Li Ju'an was about to check on Sun Weimin when Old Chen said, "There's another person, Old Zhang from the ranch. He's fine, but those damn guys ran away first. Li Pao, what brings you here?"
Li Ju'an understood that Lao Zhang had gone to the hydroelectric power station to contact the broadcasting station to send a message. The distress message broadcast by the station must have been sent by Lao Zhang.
He told the two men what had happened, and Old Li cursed, "This Old Zhang, I thought he ran away, but I didn't expect him to be so loyal."
In the villages of the Xingan Mountains, most hunters knew each other. Whether it was a hunting expedition organized by the forest farm or the pasture or production team, there were only a few hunters in the mountains. They would team up with their dogs and go out together. After two or three introductions, they would become familiar with each other.
Li Ju'an looked at the pine forest and the rocky pond, and he and Chen Xiangqian readjusted their positions.
The nine hunting dogs were positioned on either side of the pine forest to avoid a head-on collision with the Gobi bears.
Old Chen suddenly remembered and said, "This bear is the same Gobi bear that came down the mountain to eat corn last year! This thing is very stubborn. Even with many ranchers surrounding it, the bear just wouldn't let go of the corn in its mouth."
He was truly enraged when he talked about the bear. He was also on the ranch at the time, frantically banging on trees with the other workers, several of them trying to scare the Gobi bear away by waving their sickles. Unexpectedly, the bear didn't run away but attacked them instead.
At that time, Old Chen didn't have a gun yet, so he could only call the security personnel to get a pump-action shotgun and launch a fire attack on the bear.
Little did they know that the Gobi bear, fueled by the gunpowder, became even more ferocious and aggressive. His wife screamed nearby, and seeing her cries, the bear turned its attention to her, tackling her to the ground. Old Chen, his eyes bloodshot, grabbed his gun and charged, ready to fight the bear to the death.
While desperately trying to get his wife to inform Captain Wang, he urged her to send more armed guards from the ranch.
Seeing the increasing gunfire approaching, the Gobi bear realized the danger and turned to run. It was hit by several bullets.
Old Chen sighed as he recounted the incident, saying, "I reckon it was around that time that the bear took a grudge against us, and that's when it saw us and pounced on us like a madman, roaring at us."
Looking at the traces of the firefight on the ground, the shocking ammunition and spent bullet casings, Li Ju'an could guess how intense the firefight had been.
Bears that have been severely injured will hold a grudge and frequently attack people again. This is also the reason why two Gobi bears would travel a long way from the barley fields to attack and injure people at the hydroelectric dam.
Suddenly, a bear roar came from behind the pine forest. The low-frequency, furious roar indicated that the Gobi bear had lost its patience and was beginning to attack the hunting dog that had been provoking it.
Nine hunting dogs lined up in a row, with Big Tiger leading White Mastiff and Little Cannon at the front, barking loudly as he led his pack of dogs to charge forward.
Old Chen felt a pang of pity. He wiped the blood dripping from the corner of his eye, sighed, and said, "We just injured three or four hunting dogs, and quite a few died. And now we have more hunting dogs to send up. Bears kill dogs like it's nothing."
Having accompanied Li Ju'an on so many hunting trips in the mountains, he naturally knew how much effort Li Ju'an had put into the hunting dogs. He couldn't bear to see how well these dogs were trained.
There were many dead hunting dogs on the ground. They were all dogs that Sun Weimin had borrowed from the dog gang. Each of them died in an extremely gruesome manner, with their intestines dangling out, their bellies burst open, and their necks limp and powerless, lying on the side.
Two hunting dogs also had their spines broken by the bear's paws.
Old Chen closed his eyes sadly, unable to bear watching Li Ju'an and his hunting dogs fight. He knew that even though they were large, black bears or bears were sometimes less agile than Gobi bears.
This Gobi bear is male, standing up to 1.9 meters tall, nearly 2 meters, and weighs a hefty 300 kilograms, comparable to a black bear. In addition, Gobi bears are agile and nimble, making them impossible for ordinary hunting dogs to even get close to.
With its tough fur and robust defense, the Gobi bear is incredibly well-protected. A hunting dog's bite is like a tickle. Not to mention a dog's teeth and bite force, even a 7.62mm bullet might not be able to penetrate the Gobi bear's hard skull.
Big Tiger has already charged up and is fighting the Gobi Bear.
In the close-quarters combat, Da Hu was full of momentum and powerful, while the white mastiff and Xiao Gangpao behind him were also known for their bravery, each taking on ten hunting dogs.
The white mastiff is tall and imposing, with thick, majestic white fur that looks like armor on its body, firmly attracting the attention of the Gobi bear.
As the white mastiff bared its teeth in anger and charged forward to bite, the Gobi bear slapped down with its agile paws.
This sudden attack left the white mastiff completely dizzy and disoriented.
The white mastiff never expected the Gobi bear's paw to be so powerful. It was slapped so hard that it was thrown back and fell heavily onto the rocky cliff. Its limp body slumped down and remained motionless.
Chen Xiangqian was shocked when he saw it.
In his eyes, the white mastiff was a match for two dogs in a fight. Little did he know that the bravest mastiff went out and, before it even faced the Gobi bear, was slapped to death.
Chen Xiangqian felt his scalp tingle, and all the blood in his body rushed to the top of his head. He frantically raised the foreign cannon in his hand and fired at the heart and lung area of the Gobi bear.
The foreign cannons weren't accurate enough, but they were powerful. Plus, Chen Xiangqian was blinded by rage, and he even used a method commonly used by the village elders with foreign cannons: he would fire a shot, then walk forward towards the prey, firing one shot after another towards the Gobi bear.
As he walked four or five steps, the Gobi bear drew closer and closer.
He was suddenly horrified to realize that there seemed to be some danger. He felt a chill run down his spine, but there was no time to retreat.
The hunting dogs surrounded the Gobi bear, while Flower Ears, leading White Egg, harassed it from the left. The brave Flower Girl, Black Panther, and Tiger tried to distract the bear from the right, preventing Flower Ears from being caught in its paws.
The Gobi bear's strategy is also very clear: try to catch the hunting dog with its paws, and once it catches it, shove the disobedient and annoying hunting dog under its crotch, sit down and break the hunting dog's spine and rupture its intestines.
But Hua'er was agile. Da Hu also followed Li Ju'an through five or six bear dens. For hunting dogs, experienced teamwork in actual combat is more important than the bravery of a single dog.
Eight hunting dogs dragged and restrained the Gobi bear from all directions, preventing it from targeting Chen Xiangqian and the hunters.
Chen Xiangqian's eyes reddened with emotion, and he couldn't help but think to himself that if a hunting dog died here today, he would worship it, for it was his savior.